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Coach Sommer Wins 500 and 501 - Worcester Sharks Weekly

February 14, 2012 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release


The Worcester Sharks chomped four out of a possible six points in a tough 3-in-3 weekend last week. The Sharks began the weekend with a 3-1 loss to the Manchester Monarchs on Friday night at the DCU Center before bussing six hours to Hersey, PA. Head Coach Roy Sommer won game #500 in dramatic fashion in Hersey on Saturday, after a come from behind 3-2 shootout victory over the Bears. Worcester returned home on Sunday for a solid 5-2 win over the Pirates in front of a sellout crowd of over 6,800 to close out the weekend.

The Worcester Sharks player of the week nominee is rookie forward Jack Combs. Jack scored in all three games last weekend and added two assists for the Sharks to lead the way offensively. Combs is the Sharks active leader with 11 goals in only 24 games for Worcester

If the playoffs were to start today, the Sharks would have the 7th seed in the Eastern Conference with 55 points through 47 games. (would face the 2nd seed Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins)

Few things to know....

* The Sharks currently sit in 3rd place in the Atlantic Division, 15 points behind the first place St. John's IceCaps and three points behind the 2nd place Monarchs.

* Head Coach Roy Sommer became just the 4th coach in AHL history to record win #500 in a 3-2 shootout victory in Hershey on Saturday. Click HERE for the pregame ceremony on Sunday honoring coach Sommer.

* Alex Stalock returned to Worcester on Feb 13 after a six game stint with the Stockton Thunder in the ECHL. Alex went 5-1-0 with the Stockton Thunder in his return back after an injury from last February. Stalock posted a 2.83 GAA and a .914 save % with the Thunder. Watch Stalock's killer glove save with the Thunder HERE.

* The Worcester Sharks lead the AHL with 82 fighting majors through 47 games breaking the franchise record of 81 set last season. Catch a cool YOUTUBE video HERE of the Sharks in action!

* The Sharks begin a four game road trip Wednesday night in Portland and will also visit Connecticut, Springfield, and Syracuse before returning home for the GRONK PUCK SPIKE on Feb 24 vs. the Providence Bruins

* Sharks players will celebrity bartend at the Perfect Game in Worcester at 7:30pm on Thursday night. More info HERE.

Top 3... Last Week!

1. Tim Kennedy records three points (1-2-3) and scores in his 2nd straight game in a 5-2 win over the Pirates on Sunday!

2. Tyson Sexsmith stopped all seven shooters in the shootout as the Sharks came from behind late in a 3-2 victory at Hershey on Saturday for Roy Sommer's 500th win!

3. Jack Combs scores in his third straight game and adds and assist in the 5-2 win over the Pirates on Sunday!

Last Week: (2-1-0-0) 4pts, 3gp

Fri. 2/10 L Manchester Monarchs 3 @ Worcester SHARKS 1

Sat. 2/11 SOW Worcester SHARKS 3 @ Hershey Bears 2

Sun. 2/12 W Portland Pirates 2 @ Worcester SHARKS 5

This week:

Wed. 2/15 Worcester SHARKS @ Portland Pirates - 6:30pm

Sat. 2/18 Worcester SHARKS @ Connecticut Whale - 7pm

Sun. 2/19 Worcester SHARKS @ Springfield Falcons - 3pm

Rewind the Tape:

2.10.12 - Worcester 1 - Manchester 3 - L - DCU Center

Jack Combs scored his 9th goal of the season for the only strike for the Sharks in a 3-1 in loss to the Manchester Monarchs at the DCU Center on Friday night. Harri Sateri made 25 saves in goal for Worcester as coach Roy Sommer was denied his 500th AHL victory on home ice. Worcester recorded a season low 18 shots on goal in the loss.

2.11.12 - Worcester 3 - Hershey 2 - SOW - Giant Center

Tim Kennedy tied the game late in the third period and Tyson Sexsmith turned aside all seven Bears shooters in the shootout in a 3-2 victory over the Hershey Bears in front of a sellout crowd at the Giant Center on Saturday night. Brodie Reid had the game winner in round 7 of the shootout as Worcester Sharks head coach Roy Sommer (500) joins Fred "Bun" Cook (636), Frank Mathers (610), and John Paddock (589) as the only four coaches in AHL history to win 500 games. The two most penalized teams in the AHL lived up to their reputations as the two clubs combined for 67 penalty minutes and three sets of fighting majors. The Sharks set a franchise record with their 82nd fighting major in the contest.

2.12.12 - Worcester 5 - Portland 2 - W - DCU Center

Tim Kennedy, Brandon Mashinter, and Ryan Del Monte scored second period goals to lead the way in a 5-2 victory over the Portland Pirates in front of a sellout crowd at the DCU Center on PINK in the RINK on Sunday afternoon. Harri Sateri grabbed 3rd star honors making 32 saves in net for Worcester for his 11th win of the season and Tim Kennedy added three points (1-2-3) to take charge offensively for the Sharks.

Sharks in the Atlantic: The Sharks are swimming in 3rd place with 51 points (23-15-4-5) in the Atlantic Division through 47 games, which is 15 points behind the first place St. John's IceCaps (50gp) and three points behind the 2nd place Manchester Monarchs (53gp). The Sharks have a three point edge over the 4th place Portland Pirates (52pts in 50gp) and the 5th place Providence Bruins (52pts in 51gp), to round out a very choppy Atlantic Division.

Coaching Milestones....

*400 WINS!....With the 4-1 victory vs. Springfield on November 1, 2009, head coach Roy Sommer became just the 4th coach in AHL history to reach the 400 win plateau.

*1000 GAMES... With the 3-1 victory at Springfield on January 14, 2011, head coach Roy Sommer became just the 4th coach in AHL history to reach the 1,000 games plateau.

*500 WINS!.... With a 3-2 shootout victory on February 11, 2012, head coach Roy Sommer became just the 4th coach in AHL history to reach the 500 win plateau.

AHL COACHING WINS - ALL-TIME

1. Fred "Bun" Cook 1937-56 19seasons 1,171GP 636 WINS

2. Frank Mathers 1956-85 18seasons 1,256GP 610 WINS

3. John Paddock 1981-2010 16seasons 1,125GP 589 WINS

4. Roy Sommer 1998-current 14seasons 1,087GP 501 WINS

*Worcester Sharks Head Coach Roy Sommer, who plays a major role in developing players for the San Jose Sharks, is currently the longest-tenured coach (14th season) in the American Hockey League. His current regular season record is now: 501-448 -49 -47-42. (W-L-T-OTL-SOL)

*In Coach Sommer's first AHL victory.... The Kentucky Thoroughblades defeated the Albany River Rats 6-4 at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky on October 17th 1998. Coincidentally, Assistant Coach David Cunniff recorded an assist as a member of the River Rats in the hockey game.

*Assistant Coach David Cunniff has joined Coach Sommer in 347 of the 501 victories (69%).

*ECHL... Coach Sommer also has 176 wins in the ECHL coaching in five seasons with Roanoke Valley and Richmond.

Shark Bites:

*Captains for the 2011-12 season: Mike Moore was named the Sharks 4th captain in team history on Feb 11, 2011 and was named captain again before the start of the 2011-12 season. Alternate captains for this season: veteran forward Ben Guite and forward John McCarthy. Tommy Wingels, Jimmy Bonneau, Benn Ferriero, Brandon Mashinter, Mike Connolly, Matt Pelech, and Andrew Murray have also worn the "A" this season.

*From east to west..... The Worcester Sharks have had 7 players (10 call-ups) receive at least one call up this season to San Jose... Currently; Tommy Wingels, John McCarthy, Benn Ferriero, Andrew Desjardins, Justin Braun, Jamie McGinn, Logan Couture, Jason Demers, Joe Pavelski, Marc-Edourd Vlasic, and Doug Murray are all former Worcester Sharks that are currently playing with the San Jose Sharks.

*All-Stars... Defenseman Matt Irwin and rookie netminder Tyson Sexsmith represented the Worcester Sharks at the 2012 AHL All-Star Classic in Atlantic City on Jan 29-30.

All-Star Selections for Worcester through the years:

2007 - Mathieu Darche

2008 - Mike Iggulden

2009 - Derek Joslin and Ryan Vesce

2010 - Logan Couture, Danny Groulx, and Alex Stalock

2011 - Jonathan Cheechoo and Justin Braun

*AWARDS...Tommy Wingels was selected as the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Dec. 18, 2011. In four games last week Wingels recorded four goals, two assists and a plus-6 rating as the Sharks closed out a seven-game road swing having earned 11 of a possible 14 standings points. Wingels recorded 10 points (seven goals, three assists), including four game-winning goals, and a plus-11 rating during the Sharks' seven-game road stretch from Dec. 4-18, helping Worcester to a 5-1-0-1 mark in that time.

*Tommy Wingels take 2... Tommy Wingels became just the third Worcester Sharks player in franchise history to record 10 goals in a month (joining Mathieu Darche and Graham Mink). Tommy finished the month of December with 10 goals, three assists, and +5 in 14 games. Wingels recorded four game winning goals in the month of December and fired 53 shots on goal. Tommy was rewarded with a NHL call up to San Jose on Jan 4 and scored his first NHL goal on Jan 15 at Chicago.

*Breaking down January... the Sharks finished 4-4-1-2 (11 points in 11gp) in January with 25 GF and 30GA. PP went 8-for-40, opponents PP went 8-for-51. Worcester had 15 fighting majors this month.

*Breaking down February... the Sharks are 3-2-0-0 (6 points in 5gp) in February with 15 GF and 12 GA. PP is 6-for-20 (30%), opponents PP is 3-for-28 (10.7%), and Worcester has 12 fighting majors this month.

*Newest Shark... forward Andrew Murray joined the Worcester Sharks on Feb 7 after skating in 39 games with the San Jose Sharks (1-3-4) this season. The 30-year-old native of Selkirk, Manitoba has skated in 220 NHL games in his career (24-16-40) with Columbus and San Jose. He has three 10+ goal seasons with the Syracuse Crunch in the AHL. Murray scored his first goal with the Worcester Sharks on Feb 12 and has two points (1-1-2) in three games with Worcester.

*TRADE!... The San Jose Sharks traded Worcester Sharks defenseman Sean Sullivan to Florida in exchange for center Tim Kennedy on Jan 26. Sullivan had suited up in 105 Worcester Sharks games and compiled 59 points (17-42-59) and 53 penalty minutes. Kennedy brings 112 NHL games of experience, was a National Champion with Michigan State in 2007, and was on the AHL All Rookie Team in 2008-09 with the Portland Pirates. Tim has seven points (2-5-7) in 6gp with Worcester.

*First Half... the Sharks finished the first half of the season after a 3-2 loss in Providence on Jan 22. Worcester went 19-12-3-4 with 45 points in 38gp for a .592 win percentage; the 2nd best first half record in franchise history. Worcester had a .639 win percentage with 51pts in 40gp in 2009-10, the year they won the Atlantic Division.

*1 Goal Games... 8 of the last 11 games for Worcester have been decided by a single goal. The Sharks are 12-5-4-5 overall in 1 goal games this season

*Nice Crowd... the Worcester Sharks had their 2nd biggest crowd in franchise history on Jan 21, 2012 in a 3-2 overtime win over Bruins at the DCU Center. The Sharks welcomed 8,840 fans through the gates in the exciting win. The sharks have has seven crowds over 5,000 fans this season, including a sellout crowd (6,859) on Feb 12.

*Worcester/Manchester Rivalry... the Sharks and Monarchs have already slugged it out through eight of 12 games this season. The two teams have combined for 429 penalty minutes in the nine games (205WOR, 224 MCH) and 21 sets of fighting major penalties. Worcester is 2-4-2-1 vs. Manchester this season with the next meeting coming in Manchester on March 25.

*Killer Start... Jack Combs scored on his first shift as a member of the Worcester Sharks in Albany on Dec 16 and added another goal later in the first period. The native of St. Louis, MS led the ECHL with 37 points (17-20-37) in 23 games with Colorado before he was signed by Worcester to a PTO on Dec 14. The 23-year-old has 23 points (11-12-23) in 24 games for Worcester and was rewarded with an AHL contract from the Sharks on Feb 7.

*Road Warriors... the Sharks have taken a point in 18-of-23 road games this season (11-6-4-3) and finished with a 5-1-0-1 record on their season long seven game road trip. (12/4-12/18/11)

*Streakers!.... James Livingston has a four game point streak (2-3-5)... Jack Combs has a three game point streak (3-2-5)...Tim Kennedy (2-2-4) and Matt Irwin (0-2-2) each have a two game point streak... The Sharks have a power play goal in four straight games (6-for-18).

*3rd period success!... the Sharks are outscoring their opponents 51-37 in the third period this season (+14).... But, getting outscored 41-46 in the second period (-5).

*the later the better.... Worcester has scored 30 goals in the 1st period (.64 per game), 41 goals in the 2nd period (.87 per game), and 51 goals in the 3rd period (1.09 per game).

*Leaders among us... Jimmy Bonneau is 1st in the AHL with 18 fighting majors...Curt Gogol is 1st among AHL rookies with 112 penalty minutes and 1st with 14 fighting majors...Nathan Moon is 1st among rookies with 112 penalty minutes...Tyson Sexsmith is 3rd in the AHL with a 2.14 GAA... Matt Irwin is 17th with 27 points (8-19-27), 6th among AHL d-men with 8 goals, 1st in power play goals with 7, and 5th in shots with 127... Mike Connolly is 18th among AHL rookies with 29 points (10-19-29).

*OT Penalty Shot... On November 16, Springfield goaltender Manny Legace faced Worcester forward Mike Connolly on a penalty shot 52 seconds into overtime and saved both the attempt and the game, as just over a minute later the Falcons won, 3-2, on a goal by Alexandre Giroux. Since the 1992-93 season, there have been 27 penalty shots taken in overtime of an AHL game (including four in the playoffs); goalies have stopped 25 of them.

*Penalty Shots take 2.... Sean Sullivan scored a rare penalty shot shorthanded goal by a defenseman vs. Mike McKenna in the 2nd period in a 5-2W at Binghamton on Dec 17. Worcester is now 3-for-8 in franchise history on penalty shots.

*PP Specialist...Matt Irwin's seven power-play goals have put him in good position to set some team records, but he is not there yet. The record for most power-play goals in a season by a Sharks defenseman is nine, done by Garrett Stafford in 2006-07. The career record is 16, done by Derek Joslin. Irwin had six last year, so has 13 for his career.

*Tallest Shark.... Worcester Sharks rookie defenseman Taylor Doherty is the tallest player in team history standing at 6'7" 230lbs. Taylor has a +8 rating for the best mark on the club and has added three fighting majors. Doherty recorded his first professional point (assist) in his 37th pro game in Manchester on Jan 28.

*Score first... the Sharks have scored FIRST 22 times in 47 games last season (16-2-2-2); Curt Gogol 2,Benn Ferriero 4, Nathan Moon 2, Mike Moore 1, Tommy Wingels 1, John McCarthy 2, Matt Irwin 1, Sena Acolatse 1, Tony Lucia 1, Brodie Reid 1, Brandon Mashinter 2, Jack Combs 3, and Mike Connolly 1.

*First Pro Goals this season... Curt Gogol (Oct 9 @ PRO vs. Khudobin), James Livingston (Oct15 vs. ALB vs. Frazee), Mike Connolly (Oct15 vs. ALB vs. Frazee), Nathan Moon (Oct 21 @ PRO vs. Khudobin), Sena Acolatse (Nov 1 vs. STJ vs. Pasquale), Brodie Reid (Nov 5 vs. STJ vs. Pasquale), and Marek Viedenski (Dec 11 at STJ vs. empty net)

*100 AHL goals.... Veteran Ben Guite scored his first goal as a member of the Worcester Sharks in a 6-1 win over the Devils on October 15. The goal turned out to be his 100th AHL goal in his career. Ben also has 19 NHL goals in 175 career NHL games.

*Great first impression... Curt Gogol became just the 5th Sharks player to score in his professional debut joining Joe Pavelski, Nate Raduns, Tony Lucia, and Cam MacIntyre. (Thanks Bill Ballou, Worcester TG)

*Sharks in the Atlantic... the Sharks had a 29-20-4-7 record against Atlantic Division prey last season and are 11-12-3-3 in the division this season.

*Good when leading... the Sharks are 11-2-1-1 when leading after the 1st period of play and 10-0-0-2 when leading after the 2nd period of play this season.

*6 National Champions... The Sharks have six players that have won the NCAA Division 1 Championship.... Mike Connolly was co-captain for Minnesota-Duluth in 2011, John McCarthy was co-captain for Boston University in 2009, Benn Ferriero and Nick Petrecki with Boston College in 2008, Tim Kennedy with Michigan State University, and Ben Guite with Maine in 1999.

*These Sharks have teeth!.... Worcester is 2nd in the AHL in penalty minutes averaging 21.51 penalty minutes per game and are 1st with 82 fighting major penalties. Manchester is 2nd with 63 fighting majors.

*100 club... The Worcester Sharks are one of two teams in the AHL with three players with over 100 penalty minutes this season (Manchester is the other). Curt Gogol (112), Nathan Moon (112), and Jimmy Bonneau (120) have all hit the century mark already this season for Worcester.

*2 Men Down.... John McCarthy became just the 2nd Worcester Sharks player to score a shorthanded goal while the Sharks were two men down. "JMac" scored at 8:32 of the first period in a 3-2 win over Bridgeport on Nov 11. Steve Zalewski had the other 3-on-5 score in Houston on 11/22/08.

*200/300... Worcester Sharks captain Mike Moore became just the 2nd player in Sharks history to hit 200 games and 300 penalty minutes this season joining Riley Armstrong. #8 has played in 227 games for Worcester accumulating 319 penalty minutes... Moore surpassed Lukas Kaspar on Jan 15 for the most games played by a Worcester Sharks player with 217.

*Sherriff McLaren... Sharks tough guy Frazer McLaren was assigned back to Worcester on Jan 22 from San Jose. #10 ranks 2nd all-time in Worcester Sharks history with 456 penalty minutes (43 FM) in 183 games. Brad Staubitz holds the top stop with 462 pims in 162 games.

*Thanks Ballou... the Worcester Sharks are 4-6-1-0 when they fire 47 or more shots on goal during a game.

*Massachusetts!... the Sharks have three players born from Massachusetts (John McCarthy - Andover, Benn Ferriero - Essex, and Brian O'Hanley - Quincy) In addition, assistant coach David Cunniff hails from South Boston.

*Hockey East Alumni!... the Worcester Sharks have eight players from Hockey East Schools (Irwin and Braun - UMass-Amherst, Ferriero - BC, McCarthy - BU, Reid - NU, O'Hanley - BC, Guite - UMaine, Petrecki - BC, )

*Young Guns... the Sharks have dressed 14 rookies already this season. (Curt Gogol, Nathan Moon, Brodie Reid, James Livingston, Mike Connolly, Taylor Doherty, Tyson Sexsmith, Harri Sateri, Sena Acolatse, Tony Lucia, Marek Viedensky, Brian O'Hanley, Jack Combs, and Chad Costello)

*Great Start to the Weekend.... The Sharks are 7-3-2-2 on Friday nights this season.... A perfect way to kick off the weekend!

*Super Sunday... the Sharks went 14-4-0-2 on Sunday afternoon games in 2010-11 and are 6-2-0-2 on Sundays this season.

*I'll take a draft... Nine Worcester Sharks players were drafted by the San Jose Sharks. (Braun, Doherty, Lucia, McCarthy, O'Hanley, Petrecki, Sateri, Sexsmith, and Viedensky,)

*NHL Experience.... The Sharks have eight players with NHL experience totaling 571 games led by veteran Andrew Murray with 220... breakdown of the rest... Ben Guite 175, Tim Kennedy 112, Frazer McLaren 39, Mike Moore 6, Matt Pelech 5, Brandon Mashinter 13, and Alex Stalock 1.

*2 Gordie Howe Hattricks.... Worcester Sharks winger Brandon Mashinter recorded a Gordie Howe Hattrick in the Sharks 4-3W vs. the Whale at the DCU Center on Dec 30th. Mash recorded an assist on Tony Lucia's goal at 5:20 of first period, fighting major vs. Jared Nightingale at 19:54 of the second period, and the game winning goal at 17:04 of the third period. It was the first time a Sharks player had recorded a Gordie Howe Hattrick since Mash did it vs. Lowell on Nov 11, 2009... Mash followed up with another on Feb 4 at St. John's with a fighting major vs. Garth Murray at 18:36 of the first period, an assist on Mike Connolly's goal at 6:15 of the third period, and a empty net goal at 19:54 of the 3rd period.

*Like Father, Like Son... Rookie Curt Gogol is 2nd on the Sharks with 112 penalty minutes and 2nd with 14 fighting majors through 35 games... his father Brent racked up 892 penalty minutes in 157 professional games in the IHL, CHL, EHL, and the AHL including 380 pims in 1978-79 in 57 games with the Flint Generals.

*Major Bonneau... Worcester Sharks tough guy Jimmy Bonneau has racked up 18 fighting majors in 36 games this season for the Sharks. Jimmy has 88 fighting majors in 228 AHL games along with 673 penalty minutes.

*Acolatse can throw... Worcester Sharks rookie defenseman Sena Acolatse has been quite impressive in his first seven professional hockey fights this season. The 5-11, 205 pounder and native of Hayward, CA native has fought Richard Clune, Brett Hextall, Dane Byers, Stephane Veilleux, Andre Deveaux, J.D. Watt, and Garth Murray so far this season. Sena led the Prince George Cougars in WHL with 15 fighting majors in 66 games last year, and also added 15 goals. Acolatse is currently the Sharks Ironman with 39 straight games played.

*Worcester record... the Sharks are on pace to surpass the Worcester IceCats team record of 126 fighting majors in 1997-98. A few players from the 97-98 squad include Terry Virtue, Jamal Mayers, Justin Hocking, Tyler Willis, and Reed Low.

*Five for fighting...The Sharks have 82 fighting majors this season (franchise record) good for 1st in the AHL... 16 different players dropped the mitts this season for the Sharks this season: (Jimmy Bonneau 18, Curt Gogol 14, Nick Petrecki 2, Cam MacIntyre 4, Nathan Moon 8, Brandon Mashinter 5, Mike Moore 3, Frazer McLaren 3, Sena Acolatse 7, Taylor Doherty 3, Matt Pelech 8, Tommy Wingels 2, Ryan Del Monte 2, James Livingston 1, John McCarthy 1, and Sean Sullivan 1)... The Sharks had 81 fighting majors last season, 73 fighting majors in 2009-10, 78 fighting majors in 2008-09, 68 fighting majors in 2007-08 and 54 in 2006-07.

Season by the numbers...

Record: 23-15-4-5, 55 points - 3rd in Atlantic

Win percentage: .585% - 10th in AHL

Home Record: 12-9-0-2

Away Record: 11-6-4-3

Attendance: 97,880 through 23 games at DCU Center 4,256 average) - 24th in AHL

Goals Scored: 128, 2.72 goals per game, 22nd in AHL

Goals Allowed: 122, 2.60 goals against per game, 5th in AHL (1st in Eastern Conference)

Shots per game: 32.40 - 7th in AHL

Shots allowed per game: 28.70 - 8th in AHL

Score 1st: 16-2-2-2 when scoring first (.818%) - 8th in AHL

1 goal games: 12-5-4-5 in one goal games

PP: 18.3%, 12th in AHL (37-202)

PK: 84.2%, 6th in AHL (33-209)

SHG - 4 shorthanded goals scored

SHGA - 5 shorthanded goals allowed

PIMS - 21.51 penalty minutes per game, 2nd in AHL

Fighting Majors: 82 - 1st in AHL (franchise record)

OT Games - 15 - (4-4 record in OT)

SO Games - 7 - (2-5 record in SO)

Roster Players - the Sharks have used 33 players this season

Goalies - the Sharks have used 3 goaltenders this season

Players receiving call-ups to San Jose - 8 (Sexsmith, Braun, Ferriero, McLaren, Irwin, Niittymaki, Wingels, McCarthy)

NHL debuts - 0 Worcester players made their NHL debuts this season

Call-ups to San Jose - 10 different call-ups to San Jose this season

Coming and goings from the Shark Tank: Date

Player

Team

Transaction

02/14/2012

Chad Costello (F)

Worcester

DEL Released from PTO

02/13/2012

Alex Stalock (G)

Worcester

ADD Reassigned by San Jose (NHL) from Stockton (ECHL)

02/07/2012

Andrew Murray (C)

Worcester

ADD Loaned from San Jose (NHL)

02/07/2012

Antero Niittymaki (G)

Worcester

DEL Reassigned by San Jose (NHL) to Syracuse (AHL)

02/07/2012

Jack Combs (RW)

Worcester

DEL Released from PTO

02/07/2012

Jack Combs (RW)

Worcester

ADD Signed to SPC

Top Worcester Sharks:

o Goals Wingels (13) - currently in San Jose

o Game Winners Wingels (4) - currently in San Jose

o Assists Connolly (19)

o Points Connolly (10-19-29)

o Power play Points Irwin (7-9-16)

o Shots Irwin (127 shots)

o PIM Bonneau (120)

o Fighting Pen. Bonneau (18)

o Plus/Minus Doherty (+8)

o Wins Sateri (11)

o G.A.A. Sexsmith (2.14)

o Save % Sexsmith (.924)

o Shutouts Sateri (2)

Sharks in the Pacific:

The San Jose Sharks are 32-17-6 with 70 points through 55 games and currently in 1st place in the Pacific Division. Former Worcester Sharks playing for San Jose: Joe Pavelski (22-22-44) Logan Couture (23-23-46), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (3-15-18), Torrey Mitchell (5-7-12), Douglas Murray (0-4-4), Andrew Desjardins (3-9-12), Jamie McGinn (12-9-21), Jason Demers (2-9-11), Justin Braun (2-6-8), John McCarthy (0-0-0), and Tommy Wingels (1-1-2). Thomas Greiss is 7-4-1 with a 1.98GAA and .925 save %.

Week ahead: (all times EST)

Mon., Feb 13 at 7:30pm at Washington (5-3W)

Thu., Feb 16 at 7:30pm at Tampa Bay

Fri., Feb 17 at 7pm at Carolina

Sun., Feb 19 at 12:30pm at Detroit

Sharks in the ECHL:

The Stockton Thunder are 23-20-1-4 in 48 games this season with 51 points, which is 16 points behind the first place Las Vegas Wranglers (52gp) and 10 points behind the 2nd place Ontario Reign (48gp) in the Pacific Division. Thomas Heemskerk is 8-5-0 with a 3.22 GAA and a .894 save % for the Thunder.

Week Ahead: (all times EST)

Wed., Feb 15 at 10pm vs. Ontario

Fri., Feb 17 at 10:30pm vs. Idaho

Sat., Feb 18 at 10:30pm vs. Colorado

Sun., Feb 19 at 7:30pm vs. Colorado

Coming Up:

Coming up...

The Sharks kick off a four game road trip with a 6:30pm battle in Portland on Wednesday.

On Saturday, the Sharks visit the CT Whale at 7pm and close out the weekend in Springfield on Sunday at 3pm

The Sharks have TWO more action packed home games in the month of February! Catch the GRONK Puck Spike on Feb 24 when the Sharks host the Bruins on March of Dimes Night; and Special Olympics Massachusetts Night with the WAAF Fan Fest on Feb 25!

Score a family fun pack today for only $74! Four tickets, four hot dogs, and four sodas for a portion of the price! Available only through the Sharks front office for every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday games this season!

Enjoy a Worcester Sharks Experience Pack! The Sharks are offering groups to partake in a Sharks hockey experience with many interactive activities; including friends and family skates on the DCU Center ice before or after a game, the high FIN tunnel (high-fiving players as they take the ice), singing the National Anthem, intermission performances, and more.

Marina Riva, Jonathan Forsberg, Jason Jones, Chris Curtis, and Kristyn Galante are ready to take your orders and answer your questions today! Season Tickets for the 2012-13 season are on sale now by contacting the Worcester Sharks Office at 508.929.0500 or by crashing the net at www.SharksAHL.com.

All games can be heard live on 580AM and 94.9FM WTAG, as well as online through AHL Live, by following the link on the Sharks website at www.SharksAHL.com.



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